Sony Vegas Pro 11 Alternatives

[MarathonB]

Morning Everyone,

So the wife and I have been getting into capturing quick weekly VLOGS using our new GoPro Hero2. My question is, is there a decent alternative to Sony Vegas Pro 11 for video editing, from the standpoint of cost? Vegas Pro 11 stands at $600, which is a bit much, especially as just starting out video editors.

Thanks a bunch!
B.

[byrnesc1]

I personally use Adobe Premiere Pro since I'm a bit of an Adobe fan boy. Unfortunately it's more expensive than Vegas. They do however make a Premiere "Elements" edition which sells for about $60

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832105974

I'm not sure what kind of features you need or whether or not they would be in there but you can figure that out. Before switching to Premiere Pro I used Cyberlink Powerdirector which is about the same price. http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdirector/overview_en_US.html?&r=1

There's a lot of good information on TopTenReviews.com so I suggest looking there. That was how I found out about Powerdirector.

http://video-editing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/